Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 2. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

53-2-2. Construction.

Active

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
Code Sections 53-2-3 and 53-2-4 shall be subject to the provisions of subparagraph (d)(2)(B) of Code Section 19-7-22.#
(b)
Nothing in this chapter shall be applied or construed to expand or extend the jurisdiction of the probate courts for purposes of Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 19, the “Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act,” or Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 19, the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.”#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 53-2-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2025, p. 806, § 34/HB 327, effective July 1, 2025.

Effective date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2025.

Editor's notes

The former Code section, relating to the effect of a degree of adoption, was based on Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10 and was repealed and reserved by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 3, effective January 1, 1998.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t52-t53-(v40)-pdf.pdf, Volume V40, 2021 edition, 2025 supplement, page 30; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 d9d2be0e71ce.

Ask about this section

The answer is drawn from this section and, when they fit, the other sections of its chapter. It quotes the text and names the section for each claim. Not legal advice.